Apparatus for mixing sugar



(No Model.)

J. H. BROOKMIRE. APPARATUS FOR MIXING SUGAR.

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JAMES H. BROOKMIBE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

APPARATUS FOR MIXING SUGAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,392, dated May29,1883,

Application filed October 13, 1882. No model.)

i a The object of my invention is to mix sugar' or different grades ofsugar and produce a productof thoroughly mixed particles or grades ofsugar without injuring the quality thereof; and this object I attain bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 represents my improvements as located and operating between twofloors, the lower floor supporting the revolving table upon which theparticles of sugar to be mixed in their fall drop and are centrifugallythrown off from said table, as indicated by the arrows.

The upperfloorsupportsthe feed spoutorspouts through which the sugar isfed upon the table, and the lower floor has the hopper to receive thefalling product and convey the same to the final discharge, from whichthe product is a top plan of the disk or table. Similarletters refer tosimilar out the several views.

A represents the lower floor. B represents the upper floor.

0 represents the feed-spout through which from the upper floor thedifferent grades of sugar to be mixed are fed in order to fall upon therevolving table, as indicated.

The upper floor has an opening, a, and in line therewith the feed-spoutO is made pendparts throughent from the floor, as shown.

D represents the disk or table upon which, as stated, the sugar falls inorder to be subjected to centrifugal force, as will hereinafter appear.The table is simply a disk of wood,

its upper face being horizontal, and by its socket dit is secured to thetop of the vertical shaft .E, the lower end of which is properlysupported and connected to power source to produce rapid revolutionofthe table and the sugar on top of same.

The space between the two floors can be Fig, 2 shows provide withthehopper F, its incline face f converging and leading the product to thefinal discharge spout G, as indicated.

Besides the stationary feed-spout O, the same has surroundingits lowerend the movable spout H, which can be raised or lowered by the cord orchain attachment 7L, passing over I housed in on all sides, and thelower floor I 5o pulleys and within easy reach of the operator.

By raising or lowering the outer spout, H, the distance between itslower end and the top of the table can be increased or diminished, andthe feed-passage regulated to suit the nature of the difl'erent gradesof sugar, fine 0r coarse, as the case may be.

As shown in Fig. 1, the diameter of the flat. upper face of therevolving table or disk exceeds the diameter of the feed-spouts, andsaid table is arranged on top of the shaft E and centrally in line withthe feed-spouts,lso that the delivery of the sugar can be directedimmediately to the center point of the upper face of the table, fromwhich point the particles are thrown 0E tangentially overthe face of thetable to drop into the hopper below.

The mixer being thus constructed, its operation is as follows: Thesugar, or difi'erentgrades thereof, to be mixed is fed from the topfloor through the feed-spouts, as indicated by the arrows, Fig. 1. Bygravity the said material falls down or through thesaid'spoutupon therevolving table. As is apparent, as soon as the particles or sugar fallscentrally upon the table'the revolving motion of the latter, by virtueof centrifugal force imparted to the particles or sugar, causes the sameto fly or be thrown outward and over or away from the table in thedirections indicated by the arrows, Fig. 1'. Each particle of sugar isthus acted upon by the centrifugal force produced by therapidly-revolvin g table, and said particles are thus subjected to acontinual'stir and mixing action until finally discharged into thehopper The sack, barrel, or re claim, broadly, eombining with said.spouts a In testimony of said invention I have hererevolving shaft witha table or disk; but unto set my hand.

What I claim is The combination of the feed-spouts O H, the JAMES H.'BROOKMIBE.

5 table or disk D, its shaft E, the hopper F, having inclined bottom,and the discharge-chute Witnesses: I G, all said parts constructed andoperating in WILLIAM N.'HER'1HEL, I the manner and for the purposes setforth. JOHN W. HERTHEL.

